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I\  H.  Whitcomb,  Printer, 
Dartmouth  Press,  Hanover,  N.  H. 


SECRETARY'S  ADDRESS. 


My  Dear  Classmates: — 

When  I  accepted  your  Secretaryship  in  1871,  I  was  not 
far-sighted  enough  to  get  a  view  of  the  pleasures  and  labor, 
too,  connected  with  the  issuing  of  this  report — the  pleasure  of 
hearing  directly  from  so  many,  and  the  labor  of  attempting  by 
numerous  appeals  to  hear  from  the  remaining  few.  In  1871, 1 
anticipated  the  pleasure  of  hearing  annually,  at  least,  from  each 
member  of  the  class;  in  1878,1  have  realized  the  disappointment 
of  not  hearing,  according  to  anticipation,  from  thirty  out  of  the 
thirty-three,  except  as  the  appeal  by  circular  the  present  year  has 
brought  replies.  I  had  hoped  that  under  the  generalship  of  my 
predecessor,  you  had  become  so  well  trained,  that  you  would  fall 
into  line  and  perform  all  duties  incumbent  upon  you  without 
the  use  of  spurs.  As  it  is  4i  never  too  late  to  mend,"  I  would 
urge  upon  you  the  desirability  of  keeping  your  Secretary  inform- 
ed of  any  changes  in  business,  in  residence,  in  social  life,  etc., 
in  fact,  of  any  items  which  ought  to  be  recorded.  If  there  appears 
to  be  lack  of  fullness  in  the  following  individual  reports,  or  if  in- 
accuracies have  crept  in, you  must  think  of  the  appeal  made  above 
and  see  to  it  that  corrections  are  made  through  the  instrumen- 
tality of  personal  correspondence  with  your  Secretary  before 
another  report  is  sent  out.  I  have  made  free  use  of  the  letters 
received,  and  have  allowed  classmates  to  speak  to  one  another 
when  the  letters  were  full  and  to  the  point,  thinking  you  would 
prefer  the  individual  characteristics  to  my  version. 

Before  closing  I  must  inform  you  of  the  thriving  condition 
of  our  class  tree  which  was  planted  nearly  in  front  of  Reed 
Hall,  for  it  has  exceeded  the  expectations  of  the  most  sanguine. 
If  its  prosperity  typifies  that  of  the  class,  we  may  well  be 
content.     With  hearty  good  wishes  for  you  all, 

I  am,  very  sincerely  yours, 

C.  F.  EMERSON. 

Hanover,  N.  H. 


First  Reunion,  1869. 


Agreeably  to  vote  before  graduation,  the  class  held  its  first 
reunion  in  one  year,  at  the  Centennial  of  the  College,  but  the 
time  during  the  week  was  so  fully  occupied  by  other  exercises 
of  interest,  that  the  gatherings  of  the  class  were  rather  infor- 
mal than  otherwise;  and,  owing  to  the  numbers  present  in 
Hanover  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  dinner  individually  was  so 
great  that  it  was  not  thought  best  to  attempt  a  class  dinner. 
The  only  formal  meeting  was  a  brief  one  held  in  the  class  tent 
at  one  o'clock,  P.  M.,  on  Wednesday,  July  21,  at  which  no  im- 
portant -class  business  was  transacted.  The  members  of  the 
class  present  at  this  reunion  were  Anderson,  Campbell,  Chand- 
ler, Clark,  Condit,  Emerson,  Hale,  Hathaway,  Hughes,  Lord, 
Page,  Smith,  Twombly,  White,  Wise,  C.  R,  Wise,  H.  A.  and 
Wood. 

C..H.  CHANDLER,  Secretary. 


Second  Reunion,  1871 


This  meeting  was  very  thinly  attended,  much  to  the  surprise 
and  regret  of  those  present,  for  only  five  made  their  appear- 
ance in  person — Anderson,  Emerson,  Hill,  Lord  and  Wise,  H.  A. 
Chandler  sent  in  his  resignation  of  .the  Secretaryship  of  the 
Class,  on  account  of  his  removal  to  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio,  hav- 
ing been  called  to  a  Professor's  chair  in  Antioch  College ;  his 
resignation  was  accepted,  and  Emerson  was  chosen  to  fill  the 
vacancy.  The  subject  of  class  cup  next  came  up  for  discussion. 
On  counting  the  votes  of  the  class,  it  was  found  that  a  majority 
of  votes  was  in  favor  of  giving  the  cup  to  Vanderpoel's  child  ; 
accordingly  a  vote  was  passed  to  forward  the  cup  by  Wise  to 
Smith,  who  was  then  in  N.  Y.,  to  be  engraved  and  presented  to 
Vanderpoel  in  due  form  by  the  members  of  the  class  residing 
in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  New  York  City.  After  listening 
to  the  Master's  Oration,  delivered  by  Lord,  who  was  appointed 
by  the  faculty,  (which  oration,  by  the  way,  was  very  creditable 
to  the  speaker  and  the  class,)  the  following  members  received 
the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  course  :  Anderson,  Chandler,  Cochran, 
Condit,  Emerson,  Hill,  Lord,  Smith,  Twombly,  Wise,  C.  R.  and 
Wise,  H.  A.  With  many  regrets  arising  from  meeting  so  few 
members  of  the  class,  but  with  best  wishes  for  all,  the  meeting 
adjourned  to  Commencement  week  1878. 

C.  F.  EMERSON,  Secretary. 


Third  Reunion,  1878. 


Very  little  can  be  said  of  the  gathering  this  time,  as  only 
three  of  the  class  were  present,  Emerson,  Lord  and  Smith.  It 
was  not  thought  advisable  to  attempt  to  transact  any  class 
business  ;  the  only  formal  meeting  held  was  around  the  tea 
table  at  Prof.  Lord's.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  class  will  make 
an  effort  to  redeem  itself  in  the  matter  of  reunions  in  1888, 
when  every  living  member  should  be  present  with  his  whole 
family. 

C.  F.  EMERSON,  Secretary. 


REPORT, 


Anderson,  David  Allen,  in  the  autumn  of  1868,  took 
charge  of  the  High  School  in  Great  Falls,  N.  H.  for  one  term,  and 
in  the  following  spring  was  engaged  as  teacher  of  the  High  School 
in  Rochester,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  till  the  close  of  1869. 
During  the  first  part  of  1870  he  was  engaged  in  settling  the 
estate  of  his  father,  then  lately  deceased.  In  the  autumn  of  1870 
he  became  Principal  of  Appleton  Academy,  Mont  Vernon,  N.  H. 
where  he  remained  two  years ;  he  then  taught  in  Bolton,  Mass. 
for  one  year;  in  Sept.  1873  he  located  in  Newton, N.  J.,  as  one 
of  the  Principals  of  the  Newton  Collegiate  Institute,  remaining 
four  years,  when,  on  account  of  the  depression  in  business,  the 
school  money  failed  and  he  sought  employment  in  the  public 
schools  in  Millstone,  N.  J.  where  he  is  at  this  date  temporarily 
located. 

Ayers,  Walter  Howard,  studied  Theology  three  years 
in  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City,  preaching  vaca- 
tions in  Me.  and  N.  H.;  he  gives  the  following  concise  account 
of  his  work  since ;  "  Preached  four  years  East,  two  years  in  Vt., 
and  two  in  N.  H. ;  spent  two  years  in  Eclectic  Theological  Study 
in  Chicago  and  in  travel  in  Europe,  and  have  been  settled 
pastor  one  year  in  the  West,  over  the  Congregational  church  of 
this  city,  Hudson,  Wis.  (Mar.  15,  1878)." 

Bennett,  Francis  Marion,  went  West  soon  after  grad- 
uation and  became  master  of  the  St.  John's  High  School  in 
Evansville,  Ind. ;  the  climate  disagreeing  with  him,  he  gave  up 
his  school  in  the  summer  of  '69  and  returned  to  the  East  to 
teach  in  Alford,  Me.     In  March  1870,  he  was  appointed  assistant 


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master  of  the  High  School  in  Portland,  Me.  In  the  winter  of 
1876  he  was  in  a  Law  office  in  Boston,  but  nothing  has  been 
heard  from  him,  or  of  him,  since,  except  that  he  has  gone  West 
again. 

Blaisdell,  Kimball  Foster,  commenced  the  Study  of 
Law  with  David  Steele  Esq.  in  Goffstown,  N.  H.  soon  after  grad- 
uation; during  the  year  1869  he  went  West  and  canvassed  for 
books  in  Minnesota  and  vicinity  ;  he  soon  returned  to  the  East 
to  pursue  his  legal  studies,  and  nothing  more  was  heard  of  him 
till  the  sad  intelligence  came  that  he  was  in  the  Asylum  for  the 
Insane  in  Concord,  N.  H.  The  following  facts  are  from  a  let- 
ter received  from  the  officers  of  the  Asylum ;  "  Mr.  B.  was  ad- 
mitted here  March  12,  1874;  his  friends  had  noticed  some 
mental  disorder  for  four  years  previous  to  his  committal  here, 
although  at  this  time  he  was  pursuing  his  Law  studies  at  Cam- 
bridge ;  no  cause  assigned  except  '  hard  study  \  This  is  the 
first  attack.  His  present  condition  is  not  hopeful.  His  disease 
is  chronic  mania,  with  delusions,  passing  into  dementia  ". 

Blanchard,  George  Adams,  gives,  in  answer  to  my  cir- 
cular, such  a  good  account  of  himself,  that  I  cannot  do  better 
than  insert  it  here.  "  After  being  graduated  in  '68,  I  went  to 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  remained  there  till  March  1870,  studying 
law  and  acting  as  a  Deputy  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
Superior  Court  of  that  city.  I  was  admitted,  after  examina- 
tion, to  practice  as  Attorney  and  Counselor  in  all  the  courts  of 
the  State  of  New  York,  in  Nov.  1869,  at  the  General  Term  of 
the  Supreme  Court  at  Buffalo.  I  returned  to  California  in 
March  1870,  and  lived  in  Placerville,  (beginning  the  practice  of 
Law  there,)  until  Nov.  1871,  when  I  came  to  Sacramento,  as 
clerk  and  assistant  in  the  office  of  Attorney  General  John  L. 
Love;  I  had  previously,  in  July  1870,  been  admitted  as  Coun- 
selor in  the  Supreme  Court  of  this  State.  From  Dec.  1871,  to 
Jan.  1,  1876,  I  acted  as  Assistant  Attorney  General  of  this 
State,  all  this  time  reading  more  or  less  law  and  becoming  fa- 
miliar with  the  practice  here.  From  Jan.  to  May  1876, 1  had 
an  office  and  practiced  law  on  my  own  hook  in  this  city ;  in 
May  '76  I  took  as  partner  Mr.  W.  C.  Van  Fleet  who  is  still 
with  me.     Jan.  17,  1877, 1  was  married    in   this  city  to  Miss 


SECRETARY 8    REPORT. 


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Annie  Louisa  Hatch,  daughter  of  Dr.  F.  W.  Hatch,  the  present 
permanent  Secretary  of  the  California  State  board  of  Health. 
In  Sept.  1877,  I  was  elected  Dist.  Atty.  of  Sacramento  County 
on  the  Republican  ticket,  which  office  I  now  hold.  Jan.  8, 1878 
my  wife  presented  me  with  a  son,  whom  we  named  Frederick 
Winslow  Blanchard.  He  is  now  nearly  six  months  old,  is 
strong  and  well,  never  having  been  sick,  and  sends  greeting  to 
his  sire's  Classmates — super  sunt  adhuc — the  bachelors  included. 
I  propose,  if  able,  to  give  him  an  old  fashioned  academic  edu- 
cation without  rebate  of  Latin,  Greek  or  Natural  Theology." 
It  is  reported  by  a  classmate  that  he  has  written  a  work  on  the 
law  of  Mines  and  Water  Privileges,  which  has  become  an  au- 
thority. 

Bliss,  Henry  Clay,  took  charge  of  the  Academy  at  Bar- 
ton, Vt.,  for  the  Autumn  term  after  graduation,  and  then  com- 
menced the  study  of  Law  in  the  office  of  Stevens  &  Knowlton, 
Springfield,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  till  February  1869,  when 
he  removed  to  Washington,  D.  C. ;  here  he  obtained  a  situation 
in  the  office  of  the  First  Auditor,  Treasury  Department,  and 
also  entered  the  Law  Department  of  Columbian  College  and 
graduated  therefrom  in  June  1870  ;  soon  after,  being  admitted 
to  the  bar,  he  commenced  the  practice  of  Law,  in  Washington, 
and  continues  to  the  present,  with  great  success,  according  to 
report  direct  from  W. 

Campbell,  Cassius  Samuel,  was  appointed  Superintendent 
of  the  Public  Schools  in  Hastings,  Minn.,  and  entered  upon  his 
duties  almost  immediately  upon  graduation;  he  writes:  "I 
struck  root  as  soon  as  I  came  here,  having  lived  within  400  ft. 
of  where  I  am  now  writing  ever  since  Aug.  30,  1868.  My  first 
work  was  to  organize  a  system  of  Graded  Schools."  The  thor- 
oughness and  faithfulness  of  his  work  may  be  inferred  from  the 
following,  written  by  a  Professor  in  the  State  University.  "  By 
reputation  you  have  in  your  care  and  of  your  making,  one  of 
the  best  High  Schools  in  the  State,  if  not  the  best."  A  year 
or  so  later  the  State  Superintendent  of  Schools  stated  in  ad- 
dressing a  teachers  institute  at  St.  Paul,  that  Hastings  had  the 
best  High  School  in  the  State.  In  July  '78,  he  sought  and  se- 
cured a  position  in  the  schools  of  St.  Paul,  which  will  be 
his  address   for   the   present.     At  Hastings,  he  met  a  Miss  L 


10 

L.  Ashley,  a  graduate  of  Mt.  Holyoke  Seminary,  class  of  '66,  a 
teacher  in  the  schools  there,  and  in  the  following  year  she 
became  Mrs.  Campbell ;  they  were  married  in  Nashua,  N.  H., 
Aug.  30, 1869,  and  have  at  the  present  time  four  children ; 
George  A.,  born  Nov.  27,  1870;  Arthur  F.,  born  Oct.  4,  '72  ; 
Francena  L.,  born  Nov.  23,  '74,  and  Percy  A.,  born  Aug.  17,  '77. 

Chandler,  Charles  Henry,  was  a  teacher  of  the  Natural 
Sciences  and  Latin  at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden,  N.  H. 
for  the  first  year  after  graduation,  resigning  in  June  1869,  in 
order  to  take  charge  of  the  Academy  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt., 
where  he  remained  two  years,  when  he  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  Professor  of  Physics  and  Chemistry  in  Antioch  Col- 
lege, Yellow  Springs,  Ohio  ;  this  chair  he  held  six  years,  from 
'71-77,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  chair  of  Mathematics 
and  Physics  in  the  same  College,  at  his  own  request,  which  po- 
sition he  now  holds.  Aug.  17,  1868,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Eliza  F.  Dwinnell  at  Fitchburg,  Mass.  Aug.  29,  1872  a  son, 
Elwyn  F.,  was  born  in  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio. 

Clark,  Henry  Salter,  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office 
of  I.  W.  Smith,  Esq.,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  immediately  after 
graduation.  In  the  following  January  he  was  commissioned  a 
Justice  of  the  peace.  In  due  time  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  has  been  practicing  law  in  Manchester  and  vicinity  since. 
According  to  the  best  information  your  Secretary  can  get,  he  is 
still  in  Manchester  and  doing  a  good  business  at  his  chosen  pro- 
fession. Nearly  two  years  ago  your  Secretary  met  him  on  the 
cars,  when  he  said  he  had  been  married  a  long  time  and  had  a 
child  ;  he  promised  to  write  giving  names,  dates,  etc.,  but  noth- 
ing has  been  heard  from  him  since  ;  not  even  three  separate 
appeals  by  circular  and  letters  have  brought  information  from 
him,  and  hence  this  brief  sketch. 

Cochran,  Frederic  Gove,  returned  to  his  home  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  after  graduation,  and  was  employed  in  the  house  of 
J.  J.  Roe  &  Co.,  Pork  Packers,  for  several  years,  and  is  now  of 
the  firm  of  Bartle  &  Cochran,  successors  to  J.  J.  Roe  &  Co.  To 
the  question,  "  Are  you  married?"  his  answer  is  quite  full,  and 
I  give  it  in  his  own  words ;  "  No,  but  not  from  any  fault  of 
mine ;  I  beg  leave  solemnly  to  assure  you,  I  have  asked  thirty- 
five  different  ladies  to  honor  me  by  becoming  Mrs.  Cochran— 


secretary's  report.  11 

quite  a  number  of  them  twice  and  some  of  them  three  times 
or  more ;  most  of  them  have  answered  '  no?  for  what  reason 
I  am  at  a  loss  to  guess ;  some  few  have  said  '  yes,'  but  with  a 
fickleness  peculiar  to  the  sex  have  changed  their  minds  before 
the  crisis  came.  Number  35  has  said  yes  and  assures  me  she 
will  never  change.  I  have  every  confidence  in  her,  the  rarest 
jewel  heaven  has  ever  given  to  earth  in  womankind,  but  in  the 
light  of  past  experience  it  would  perhaps  be  safest  not  to  report 
'  date  of  marriage '  till  the  event  has  become  a  fact  ac- 
complished." 

Condit,  Aaron  Dayton,  went  immediately  on  graduation 
to  Mankato,  Minn.,  where  he  had  already  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  and  remained  there  till  '72,  when  he  sold  out ;  about 
six  months  after  he  located  in  St.  Paul  in  the  same  business, 
sold  out  in  '76,  and  tried  Real  Estate  business  for  a  year  and 
then  bought  back  in  his  old  stand  in  St.  Paul,  where  he  says 
"  I  expect  to  live  and  die  unless  some  one  comes  along  who 
wants  it  more  than  I  do  and  has  heaps  of  *  Gosh  poppy''  ".  ^He 
was  married  to  Miss  E.  A.  Lord,  (classmate  Lord's  sister,)  Sept. 
29,  1869,  in  Montpelier,  Vt. ;  they  have  one  child  living,  a  son, 
Dayton  Lord,  born  Feb.  13,  1876,  but  have  buried  twins. 

Cook,  Asa  Brown,  Jr.,  went  to  California  with  Cushing, 
but  returned  after  a  few  months  and  located  in  Erie,  Penn. ; 
he  was  connected  with  the  "  Daily  Despatch  "  for  four  years, 
and  then  for  four  years  more  was  employed  in  the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  Pulleys  and  Couplings.  For  the  past  year  he  has 
been  prospecting,  but  on  and  after  August  1st,  1878,  will  hail 
from  Petersburg,  Va.  Business,  Real  Estate.  He  married 
Miss  Lydia  Willard,  (sister  of  Willard  of  '67)  Dec.  1870  ;  they 
have  one  child,  Willard  Beach,  born  Nov.  1871. 

Curtis,  Erskine  Chamberltn,  spent  the  first  year  after 
graduation  at  his  home  in  Mont  Vernon,  Ohio.  In  Nov.  1869 
he  removed  with  his  father  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.  and  there  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  Stoves,  under  the  firm  name  of  M.  &  E. 
C.  Curtis,  and  is  still  in  the  same  business.  He  married  Miss 
Sarah  B.  Pomeroy,  June  4,  1873.  They  have  one  daughter, 
Helen  Pomeroy,  born  Dec.  18, 1875. 


12  secretary's  report. 

Cusiiing,  Edward  Abbott,  went  to  California  in  the  au- 
tumn of  '68  with  Cook  and  was  engaged  in  teaching  and  farm- 
ing for  over  four  years  when  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Barns- 
ton,  P.  Q.,  early  in  1873.  In  Oct.  1873,  he  writes,  from  his  home, 
"  I  am  now  teaching  here  at  home,  but  shall  probably  return  to 
California  in  the  spring".  Since  Feb.  1874  nothing  has  been 
heard  from,  or  of,  him,  by  your  Secretary. 

Emerson,  Charles  Franklin,  at  graduation  was  appoint- 
ed Instructor  of  Gymnastics  in  Dartmouth  College  and  also  In- 
structor of  Mathematics  in  the  Agricultural  College ;  in  June 
1869  he  was  elected  Tutor  of  Math,  in  Dart.  College,  and  re- 
mained so  till  the  Summer  of  1872,  when  he  was  appointed 
Associate  Professor  of  Natural  Philosophy  and  Mathematics, 
which  position  he  held  till  the  summer  of  1878,  when  he  was 
elected  Appleton  Professor  of  Natural  Philosophy  and  Instruc- 
tor in  Astronomy.  Jan.  20,  1875,  he  married  Miss  Caroline 
Flagg  of  No.  Chelmsford,  Mass. 

Gale,  Eugene  Beauharnais,  taught  the  High  School  in 
East  Randolph,  Mass.  two  terms;  he  then  went  to  New 
York  City  and  was  engaged  in  the  office  of  the  "Meth- 
odist" and  in  other  journalistic  work;  he  then  went  to  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  where  he  acted  as  an  agent  of  the  Traveller's  Life 
Ins.  Co.  of  Hartford,  Ct.  In  the  fall  of  1870  he  returned  to 
N.  Y.  and  entered  the  Columbia  Law  School ;  he  afterwards 
went  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.  and  was  engaged  very  sucessfully  in  the 
practice  of  law  when  his  health  failed ;  he  returned  to  his  fath- 
er's in  Haverhill,  N.  H.  March  5,  1875  and  died  of  consumption 
on  the  13th  of  the  same  month. 

Hale,  Charles  Goodwin,  taught  school  in  Provincetown, 
Mass.,  for  a  short  time,  and  afterwards  in  Milbury,  Mass.  In 
the  summer  of  '69  he  entered  the  employment  of  Wilcox  & 
Gibbs  in  New  York  City  and  after  a  short  time  was  employed 
in  a  broker's  office.  He  spent  a  few  years  travelling  through 
the  Middle,  Western  and  Southern  States  as  an  Agent,  but  is 
now  married  and  settled  in  Chicago,  doing  a  good  business, 
according  to  general  report,  though  your  Secretary  has  not 
heard  a  word  directly  from  him  for  four  or  five  years. 


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Hathaway,  Fernando  Cortez,  took  charge  of  the  Acad- 
emy in  Hardwick,  Vt.,  the  Autumn  after  graduation  and  at 
the  same  time  read  law  with  his  brother  ;  the  following  year  he 
became  the  principal  of  the  "  People's  Academy  and  Morrisville 
Graded  School,"  at  Morrisville,  Vt.,  where  he  continued  as  a 
most  successful  teacher  till  his  death,  from  consumption,  July 
6,  1873.  During  a  part  of  this  time  he  was  on  the  "State 
Board  of  Education."  Feb.  27,  1869,  he  married  Hattie  Jane 
Woodbury,  in  Montpelier,  Vt. 

Hill,  Benjamin  Mead,  became  Principal  of  the  High 
School  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  in  Sept.  '68,  and  continued  two 
years,  when  he  took  charge  of  the  Academy  and  High  School 
in  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  where  he  is  still  located,  doing  good  ser- 
vice in  the  great  cause  of  education.  July  1st,  1873,  he  married 
Miss  Janet  N.  McKenzie  of  Westfield,  Mass. ;  they  have  one 
child,  Robert  Bertram,  born  April  15,  1874.  He  writes, 
"  We  are  perfectly  well  and  prosperous,  and  enjoying  life 
greatly." 

Howe,  Charles  Marion,  writes,  "  The  first  two  years  af- 
ter graduation  were  spent  in  Theological  study  in  Auburn 
Seminary,  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.  The  third  year  was  spent  in  simi- 
lar study  at  the  "  Theological  Seminary  of  the  North- West," 
at  Chicago,  111.,  from  which  I  graduated.  About  two  months 
after,  or  July  1,  1871,  I  accepted  a  call  to  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Eldora,  Hardin  Co.,  Iowa,  was  ordained  and  installed 
in  Nov.  following,  and  have  since  continued  as  now,  settled 
Pastor  of  this  charge.  I  was  married  June  15,  1870  to  Miss 
Mary  O.  Dennis,  a  graduate  of  Iowa  State  Normal  School.  We 
have  two  children, — both  boys — Lucias  E.,  born  May  8,  1871, 
and  Charles  B.,  born  July  24,  1877. 

Hughes,  James  Alexander  Dupee,  writes  :  "  After  leav- 
ing College,  I  studied  Theology  in  the  General  Theological 
Seminary,  New  York  City ;  was  ordained  Deacon  in  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  Sept.  4,  1870,  served  as  Missionary  in  the  West  until  June 
1872,  when  I  assumed  temporary  charge  of  St.  James  Church, 
Woodstock,  Vt.  Oct.  1,  1873,  I  went  to  Philadelphia,  com- 
pleted my  studies   in   Theology,   was   ordained   Priest   at   St# 


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Andrews  Church,  Philadelphia.  I  served  as  Assistant  Minister 
in  St.  Andrews  Church  and  Grace  Church,  and  on  Dec.  1, 1877, 
became  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Carbondale,  Pa.,  where  I 
now  reside." 

Lord,  John  King,  taught  for  one  year  after  graduation  in 
Appleton  Academy,  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  when  he  was  elected 
Tutor  of  Latin  in  Dartmouth  College  ;  he  remained  as  Tutor  till 
the  summer  of  1872,  when  he  was  appointed  Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Latin  and  Rhetoric,  which  position  he  still  holds. 
Jan.  20,  1873,  he  married  Miss  Emma  F.  Pomeroy  of  Detroit, 
Mich. ;  they  have  two  sons,  John  King,  Jr.,  born  May  17,  1874, 
and  Frederic  P.,  born  Dec.  28,  1876. 

Noyes,  Raymond,  writes  such  a  pleasing  and  characteristic 
letter  that  I  cannot  resist  the  temptation  to  let  him  speak  for 
himself,  as  he  was  wont,  when  here  and  with  the  boys  of  '68. 
"  You  ask  for  '  a  full  account  of  myself  since  graduation ' ;  well, 
I  ought  not  to  be  ashamed  as  most  I  have  done  has  been  write. 
But  though  I  have  figured  extensively  in  many  important  trans- 
actions, and  have  been  engaged  in  matters  of  interest  with  many 
men  of  note,  still  it  is  a  serious  job  to  produce  a  readable  sketch 
with  my  dull  pen — and  I've  not  the  wit  to  sharpen  it.  I  see 
my  mistake,  but  alas,  too  late — I  should  have  had  a  Boswell, — 
but  I  will  try  to  give  you  the  bottom  facts  without  embellish- 
ment. 

After  graduation  I  came  directly  home  —  spent  a  few 
weeks  in  bidding  a  final  farewell  to  school-life — closed  all  my 
school-books  and  on  the  first  day  of  Sept.  1868,  opened  another 
set — viz :  books  of  accounts,  (this  is  not  intended  as  a  slur 
on  the  school-books).  I  engaged  myself  for  one  year  as  book- 
keeper for  a  then  prominent  shoe  manufacturer  ;  this  was  an 
entirely  new  departure  for  me — I  knew  nothing  about  business 
forms  or  customs,  but  I  applied  myself  to  the  task — I  worked 
harder  and  learned  more  than  in  any  previous  year  of  my  life 
— I  was  busy  and  of  course  happy — I  put  in  some  variations  as 
I  kept  my  Day  Book  mostly  by  night,  and  my  Cash  Book  with 
credit.  As  I  said  before,  I  was  engaged  for  the  period  of  one 
year,  but  (see  the  difference  between  business  and  books)  this 
period  did  not  indicate  a  full  stop — I  did  not   stop   till  I  had 


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nearly  counted  four.  After  I  had  been  with  my  employer  about 
two  years,  he  withdrew  entirely  from  the  shoe  business,  and 
invested  largely  in  Real  Estate  which  put  me  in  a  new  position 
again.  I  laid  aside  my  pen,  put  on  my  overalls  and  cowhide 
boots  and  worked  side  by  side  with  the  Negro  and  Irishman — 
this  gave  me  a  chance  to  improve  myself  in  the  Irish  language, 
and  to  book  up  in  plantation  lore.  I  became  practically  ac- 
quainted with  the  uses  and  abuses  of  shovels  and  picks,  ham- 
mers and  saws,  wheelbarrows  and  grindstones — I  had  an  oppor- 
tunity to  study  architecture  both  analytically  and  synthetically 
— being  required  to  assist  in  demolishing  old  and  building  up 
new  structures.  I  have  even  carried  a  hod,  but  never  became 
so  proficient  as  to  enable  me  to  look  without  envy  upon  a  man 
who  could  handle  one  gracefully  upon  a  ladder;  my  boss  used 
often  to  remark  as  he  sent  me  to  help  the  carpenter  clap-board 
a  house  or  shingle  a  shed,  that  he  wanted  me  to  complete  my 
education.  In  June  1872,  he  detailed  me  for  a  few  weeks  to  assist 
the  Cashier  of  the  Essex  National  Bank  of  this  city  and  I  staid 
there  till  Sept.  1876 — over  four  years  ;  I  was  never  regularly 
hired,  but  slipped  from  my  former  job  into  this  one  by  a  sort  of 
dissolving  view ;  I  didn't  agree  with  the  Cashier  very  well — he 
was  an  old  sea  captain  and  inclined  to  be  overbearing  and  un- 
reasonable. I  stood  it  very  well  for  the  first  (Freshman)  year, 
but  after  that  I  am  sorry  to  say,  we  quarrelled  occasionally,  and 
as  I  am  telling  it,  he  of  course  came  out  second  best.  It  finally 
became  monotonous,  however,  and  in  Sept.  1876,  I  seceded, 
and  'few  and  short  were  the  prayers  that  I  said,  as  I  left  him 
alone  in  his  glory.'  In  about  ten  days  I  struck  a  temporary 
job  at  book-keeping  in  a  hat  factory  and  remained  there  four 
months.  The  next  permanent  position  was  the  one  which  I 
now  occupy,  in  the  employ  of  the  city,  c  Clerk  of  Overseers, 
Secretary  of  Assessors  and  Collector  of  Taxes' ;  though  not  a 
literary  man,  I  feel  almost  like  a  man  of  letters.  When  I  last 
saw  you  I  had  just  mastered  the  two  first  letters  of  our  alpha- 
bet with  a  chance  to  add  another  at  the  end  of  three  years.  I 
wasn't  ambitious  for  this  however — I  never  was  much  of  an  A. 
M.  bird  anyhow,  but  worked  more  after  tea.  I  never  thought 
of  it  before,  but  4  seems  a  sort  of  key  to  my  life, — at  the  age 
of  4  I  went  to  the  Primary  School — after  4  years  I  entered  the 


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Grammar  School — about  4  more  I  entered  the  High  School 
where  the  regular  course  was  4  years,  though  I  was  there  5, 
being  more  than  10,  I  suppose  I  carried  one — then  I  entered  a 
4  years  College  course  and  put  on  Spectacles  which  made  me  a 
4-eyed  man  and  endowed  me  with  4-sight — I  was  with  my  first 
employer  about  4  years — in  Bank  about  4  years — Hat  factory 
4  months,  and  I  think  it  is  4-ordained  that  I  should  hold  my 
present  position  about  4  years.  You  see  that  I  have  taken  time 
by  the  4-lock  and  had  a  4-taste  of  everything  so  far ;  when  the 
President  of  the  U.  S.  has  his  term  limited  to  4  years  I  shall  be 
the  candidate;  when  it  will  be  I  cannot  fore-te\\. 

This  I  believe  ends  my  account  from  a  business  point  of 
view — you  see  I  have  not  made  my  mark  yet,  in  fact  my  occu- 
pation has  made  it  almost  necessary  that  I  should  write  my  name 
instead.  As  a  domestic  animal  I  have  proved  a  success.  I  was 
married  Aug.  25,  1872  to  Laura  E.  Stockbridge  of  this  city,  and 
commenced  housekeeping  immediately.  June  16, 1873, 1  received 
my  first  dividend  on  my  matrimonial  investment  amounting  to 
about  8  pounds  (avoirdupois).  I  have  received  from  the  same 
source  two  more  payments  of  like  kind.  My  first  child  (those 
words  mean  a  great  deal,  but  you  don't  probably  understand  it) 
was  a  girl,  and  we  named  her  Eva  Josephine ;  she  was  born  June 
16, 1873,  and  is  now  a  good  healthy  child  of  5  years.  Child  No. 
2  was  a  boy — short,  chubby  and  fat,  like  his  father — he  was 
born  March  25,  1875,  and  was  named  Irving.  His  chief  pecu- 
liarity seems  to  be  an  appetite  that  never  falters  or  grows 
weary ;  he  seems,  as  it  were,  to  have  been  born  with  a  wooden 
spoon  in  his  mouth  and  is  the  personification  of  the  long  E  of 
the  Greeks.  If  I  hadn't  been  stupid  as  well  as  rusty  on  my 
Latin  I  should  have  given  him  a  classical  name,  to  wit :  Tem- 
pUS — (j.  e.  edax  rerum.)  My  third  child  is  a  girl,  born  Aug.  5, 
1877 — name  Florence  Louisa.  #  *  * 

I  owe  you  an  apology  for  not  sending  this  before — but  I  shall 
not  pay  you — I  have  no  excuse — I  am  bankrupt  without  assets 
— I  can  only  plead  guilty  and  hang.  The  only  explanation 
(and  that  still  needs  a  sub-explanation)  is  my  constitutional 
hatred  for  putting  my  thoughts,  feelings  and  ideas  (?)  upon 
paper.  Prof.  Sanborn  (my  regards  and  best  wishes  to  him,  for 
I  always  felt  most  kindly  and  respectful  towards  him  personally, 


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though  he  was  ex-officio  my  tormentor)  Prof.  Sanborn,  I  say, 
will  doubtless  remember  this  defect  in  my  nature.  I  have  a 
theory  like  this ;  most  people  during  childhood  go  through  a 
series  of  petty  sicknesses — mumps,  measles,  whooping-cough, 
etc.,  known  as  children's  diseases.  I  place  among  these  one  not 
generally  so  classified,  the  botanical  name  of  which  is  "  Cacoe- 
thes  Scribendi."  I,  having  escaped  this  in  childhood,  do  not 
now  like  to  expose  myself,  as  I  fear  it  would  go  hard  with  me 
— in  fact,  if  I  should  have  a  severe  attack,  it  would  most  likely 
prove  fatal,  if  not  to  me,  to  some  one  else.  * 

Yours  as  of  yore, 
Raymond  Noyes,  Haverhill,  Mass.,  June  9,  1878." 
I  regret  that  I  am  unable  to  insert  his  "picture,"  well- 
known  to  the  class,   (issued  in  1867)   a  copy  of  which   accom- 
panied his  letter. 

Page,  John  Ward,  acted  as  Travelling  Agent  for  a  Whole- 
sale Grocery  house  in  Boston  for  the  first  16  months  after  grad- 
uation ;  in  Dec.  1869  he  entered  into  partnership  with  O.  H. 
Roberts,  and  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  W.  Page  &  Co.  carried 
on  the  wholesale  and  retail  grocery  business  in  Montpelier,  Vt. 
In  the  autumn  of  1873  he  became  clerk  in  the  State  Treasurer's 
office  where  he  is  still  employed.  Sept.  21,  1874  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Jennie  F.  Higgins  of  Boston,  Vt. 

Ranney,  Ambrose  Loomis,  taught  in  the  public  Schools  of 
New  York  City  for  the  first  year  after  graduation  and  was  for 
four  years  afterward  Professor  of  Math,  in  the  Evening  High 
School  of  the  City,  carrying  on  his  Medical  Studies  at  the  same 
time,  so  that  in  1870  he  graduated  from  the  University  Medical 
College ;  in  Mar.  1870  he  was  awarded  a  gold  medal  for  the  best 
"  Surgical  Preparation  ".  After  taking  his  degree  in  medicine, 
he  was  appointed  to  first  position  in  Belle vue  Hospital  on  com- 
petitive examination;  retiring  from  the  Hospital  in  1872,  he 
gave  his  attention  for  a  year  to  the  fitting  of  Medical  Students 
for  prize  examinations  and  for  the  Army  and  Navy.  In  1873,  he 
was  appointed  Lecturer  on  diseases  of  Kidney  and  Bladder  in 
the  University  Medical  College,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1876,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Lecturer  on  Surgery  in  the  same  Institution,  which  po- 


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sition  he  still  holds.  In  1874  he  married  Miss  Louise  Wright  of 
N.  Y.,  but  in  the  following  year  he  buried  his  wife  and  child  in 
the  same  grave.  In  1876  he  married  Miss  Marie  Celle  of  1ST.  Y. 
June  6,  1878  he  became  the  happy  father  of  a  nice  boy. 

In  his  letter  he  says,  "  I  hardly  know  how  to  begin  an 
account  of  my  life  since  '68,  with  its  trials,  sorrows  and  suc- 
cesses. *  *  *  * 
I  have  few  idle  hours  to  look  back  on  since  life's  struggles  real- 
ly began  at  the  hour  of  our  parting.  Many  tender  recollections 
centre  about  that  time  with  me,  many  longings  to  meet  the  old 
faces,  many  regrets  that  those  happy  days  have  passed  and  that 
care  and  trouble  are  no  longer  absent.  #  * 
My  residence  now  is  156  Madison  Avenue,  where  I  keep  a  long 
latch  string  and  an  open  house  for  class  of  '68". 

Small,  Elmer,  entered  immediately  upon  the  study  of 
Medicine  to  which  he  had  already  given  some  attention,  and 
graduated  from  the  Medical  School  of  Me.,  in  July  1870.  In 
Sept.  of  the  same  year  he  opened  an  office  in  Manchester,  N. 
H.  In  Dec.  1870  he  removed  to  Melrose,  Iowa.  On  Jan.  1st, 
1872  he  commenced  practice  in  Belfast,  Me.,  where  he  is  now 
permanently  located,  holding  the  appointment  of  "  Port  Sur- 
geon in  the  U.  S.  Marine  Hospital  Service."  Dec.  23,  1869,  he 
married  Caroline  F.  Cobb,  of  Augusta,  Me. 

Smith,  Edwin  Everett,  attended  three  courses  of  lectures 
in  the  Dartmouth  Medical  School,  during  the  last  of  which  he 
was  "  Demonstrator  of  Anatomy."  During  the  winter  of  1869- 
70  he  attended  the  medical  course  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  and  in 
spring  of  '71  attended  a  course  at  Long  Island  College  Hospital, 
graduated  there  in  June  of  that  year,  and  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  Resident  Surgeon.  In  July  '72  he  went  into  private 
practice  in  Brooklyn ;  in  July  '73  he  took  the  position  of  Resi- 
dent Surgeon  of  the  Emigrant  Hospital  on  Ward's  Island  ;  in 
June  '74  he  went  to  Utica,  N.  Y.  as  4th  Assistant  in  N.  Y.  State 
Lunatic  Asylum;  July  13th  '76,  he  entered  upon  the  duties  as 
1st  Assistant  in  the  "  State  Asylum  for  the  Insane  at  Morristown 
New  Jersey,"  where  he  is  still  located.  January  16,  '78,  he 
married  Frances  Janette  Lord  of  N.  Y.  City. 


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Twombly,  John  Herbert,  writes  :  "  After  graduation  I 
studied  medicine  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  and  attended  lectures  at 
Harvard  Medical  School  until  Feb.  1872,  at  which  time  I  re- 
ceived my  degree  ;  the  next  seven  months  was  assistant  to  Dr. 
Jasper  H.  York,  of  Dover,  N.  H. ;  was  in  private  practice  in 
Brooklyn,  N".  Y.  from  Oct.  1872  to  Jan.  1874,  when  I  received  an 
appointment  as  Asst.  Physician  at  King's  Co.  Lunatic  Asylum, 
Flatbush,  N.  Y.  In  Aug.  1874,  this  position  was  given  up  and 
in  Nov.  I  received  the  position  of  Acting  Asst.  Physician  at  the 
Asylum  for  the  Insane,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  Since  that  time  my 
connection  here  has  been  in  the  main  pleasant,  but  for  the  past 
six  months  symptoms  of  gradual  breaking  down  of  ray  physical 
health  has  led  me  to  decide  upon  my  resignation  which  will 
take  place  early  in  July.  My  present  fear  is  that  I  shall  have 
to  give  up  the  practice  of  medicine,  as  the  interference  with 
health  in  both  general  and  hospital  practice  is  so  great,  unless 
a  marked  change  is  effected  by  the  enforced  rest  during  the  rest 
of  the  summer." 

The  Congregationalist  of  July  17,  1878,  contains  the  fol- 
lowing notice  under  the  head  of  marriages.  In  Milton,  N.  H., 
11th  inst.,  J.  Herbert  Twombly,  M.  D.,  to  Miss  Frances  W. 
Plummer,  daughter  of  E.  W.  Plummer,  Esq.,  of  M. 

Vanderpoel,  George  Burritt,  was  married  Oct.  14, 1868, 
to  Miss  Maria  Louise  Ely,  and  sailed  for  Europe  the  same  day, 
returning  in  Aug.  1869.  He  then  went  into  the  Hide  and 
Leather  business  on  Gold  St.,  N.Y.,where  he  remained  for  several 
years,  but  is  now  in  the  City  Mayor's  office.  It  will  be  remem- 
bered that  his  first  child  received  the  class  cup  by  vote  of  the 
class.  I  insert  his  own  words  about  his  children.  "  Our  first 
child,  the  class  child,  was  born  July  31,  1870,  Julia  Louise  Van- 
derpoel, and  died  Dec.  28, 1874,  of  Diphtheria;  that  was  an  awful 
blow,  although  we  know  she  is  better  off  infinitely.  Our  second 
child,  Catherine  Ann  Vanderpoel  was  born  June  10,  1872,  and 
died  Aug.  18,  1872.  The  only  child  we  now  have  is  Ambrose 
Ely  Vanderpoel  who  was  born  Aug.  9,  1875,  and  who  is  a  whole 
house-full  of  fun,  and  health,  and  happiness  in  himself,  although 
only  2  1-2  years  old." 

White,  Carlos,  it  will  be  remembered,  opened  a  bookstore 
in  Hanover  in  company  with  J.  B.  Parker  of    '69,  during  the 


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summer  of  1868,  but  in  the  Autumn  of  1869  he  retired  from 
the  business,  though  still  residing  in  flanover,  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  wrote  and  had  published  a  book  entitled  "  Ecce 
Femina."  In  the  winter  of  1871  he  went  to  California  and  is 
still  there ;  he  is  now  Proprietor  of  the  Pacific  Newspaper 
Publishing  Co.,  in  San  Francisco.  (Office  525  and  527  Market 
St.)  April  29,  1869,  he  married  Miss  Martha  E.  Richardson  of 
Oakland,  California,  and  on  May  12,  1870  a  son,  Arthur  White, 
was  born,  for  whom  his  father  claimed  the  class  cup,  but  the 
majority  of  the  class  decided  otherwise,  as  at  that  time  the 
father  had  not  received  his  degree  from  the  College.  In  Jan. 
1877,  he  received  a  divorce  from  his  wife,  in  the  Cal.  courts. 

Wise,  Colin  Reed,  taught  school  for  several  months  after 
graduation  in  Dividing  Creek,  N.  J.  In  March  1869  he  accepted 
the  position  of  Asst.  Engineer  on  the  Hackensack  &  N.  Y.  Ex- 
tension R.  R.,  remaining  till  Feb.  1870,  when  he  accepted  a  sim- 
ilar position  on  the  Northern  Pacific  R.  R.  in  Minnesota.  In 
the  latter  part  of  the  same  year  he  returned  to  N.  Y.  and  be- 
came Resident  Engineer  of  the  New  Jersey  and  New  York 
Railway ;  in  1873,  on  the  death  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  he  was 
elected  his  successor  and  remained  so  till  the  road  was  completed 
in  1875.  He  then  joined  the  corps  of  Engineers  of  the  Erie 
Railway,  and  after  two  years  of  hard  labor  there,  was  appointed 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Bullion  Belt  R.  R.  Co.,  and  also  of  the 
Franklin  &  Berringer  City  R.  R.  Co.  He  is  now  Asst.  Engineer 
on  the  New  York  Elevated  R.  R.,  which  is  building  on  the  third 
and  ninth  Avenues.  June  15,  1875,  he  married  Miss  Serina 
Sherwood  of  Spring  Valley,  N.  Y.  They  have  one  child,  a 
daughter,  Corinne,  born  Dec.  12,  1876. 

Wise,  Henry  Andrew,  writes :  "  Immediately  after  my 
graduation  I  went  to  Jersey  City  where  I  studied  a  couple  of 
years  with  the  distinguished  Civil  Engineer,  the  late  S.  S.  Post. 
I  went  thence  to  Vineland  in  1870  and  read  Blackstone  for  six 
months.  My  taste  for  Civil  Engineering  led  me  back  to  Jersey 
City  where  I  spent  about  two  years  in  the  City  Engineer's  office. 
In  Jan.  1872,  I  went  to  Paterson,  N.  J.  as  Asst.  Engineer  of  the 
Watson  Bridge  Works.     In  June  1875, 1  came  West  locating 


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at  Kansas  City,  Mo.  and  opening  an  office  as  Civil  Engineer. 
In  1876  I  came  to  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  having  been  appointed 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Missouri  Valley  Bridge  Co.,  which  posi- 
tion I  now  hold." 

Wood,  Franklin  Parker,  taught  in  Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy, Meriden,  N.  H.  during  the  Autumn  of  1868,  and  then 
entered  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City,  and  re- 
mained two  years.  From  May  1st  to  Sept.  1st  1870,  he  was 
acting  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Newbury,  Vt. ; 
he  then  entered  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  completed  his 
studies  and  graduated  in  June  1871 ;  he  then  went  to  Acton, 
Mass.,  was  ordained  July  24,  1871,  and  installed  as  pas- 
tor there  Oct.  10,  1872,  where  he  now  remains.  Oct.  11,  1871 
he  married  Miss  Abby  Olivia  Drew  of  Waterbury,  Yt. ;  they 
have  two  children,  a  son,  Oliver  Drew,  born  Dec.  23,  1872,  and 
a  daughter,  Jessie  Parker,  born  Dec.  18,  1875. 


SUMMARY 


Whole  number, 33 

Now  living, 31 

Married, 23 

Children, 30 


OCCUPATIONS  AS    INTENDED   IN    1868. 

Law, 8 

Business, 8 

Ministry, 5 

Medicine, 4 

Uncertain, 4 

Teaching, 3 

Civil  Engineering, 1 


OCCUPATIONS  AS    REALIZED    IN    1878. 

Teaching, 8 

Law, 6 

Business, 6 

Ministry, 4 

Medicine, 4 

Clerking, 3 

Civil  Engineering, 2 


